Textsound journal
textsound journal (textsound) is an audio online literary magazine that publishes experimental poetry and sound.
 experimental soundworks | |
| Editors | Adam Fagin, Anna Vitale, and Laura Wetherington |
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| Categories | Experimental music, sound poetry, noise, experimental poetry |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | February 2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Website | http://www.textsound.org |
History
textsound began in 2008 as a bi-annual publication under the editorial direction of Anya Cobler, Adam Fagin, Anna Vitale, and Laura Wetherington.
Selected contributors
- Jaap Blonk
- Anne-James Chaton
- Paul DeMarinis
- Linh Dinh
- Kenneth Goldsmith
- Rick Moody
- Thylias Moss
- Alice Notley
- Alva Noto
- Leslie Scalapino
- Anne Tardos
- Edwin Torres
- Anne Waldman
Events
On April 5, 2008, the textsound editorial collective organized a celebration in Ypsilanti, Michigan for the journal's launch featuring Barrett Watten, Joel Levise, Christine Hume, James Marks, and Viki.
In the fall of 2008, the textsound collective teamed-up with Megan Levad and Adam Boehmer to curate the Work-In-Progress Reading Series at the Crazy Wisdom Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Performers included Vievee Francis, Jill Darling, Onna Solomon, Sandy Tolbert, Aaron McCollough, Adam Boehmer, Michael Shilling, David Karczynski, T Hetzel, Katie Hartsock, Meghann Rotary, Anna Prushnikaya, and Stephanie Rowden.
See also
External links
- textsound's website
- Self-Consuming Artifacts … towards an unquiet metaphysics A blog posting by American poet Aaron McCollough on Barrett Watten & textsound, initiated by the 2008 crisis in "Tibet" (& "Tibet" being the title of a Watten poem)
- 2008 Work-In-Progress Reading Series Blog